ASIAN 140/140G: NEW ZEALAND AND ASIA

School of Cultures, Languages, & Linguistics: Asian Studies

 

City Campus, Semester 2, 2018

General Education Schedule B

 

Course Delivery

Weekly 2-hour lecture, and a 1-hour tutorial from the second week

Lectures Friday 12 PM-2 PM, 106-100 (Biology Building, Room 100)

Tutorials:

Wednesday 12 PM-1 PM, 114-G16 (Commerce A, Room G16)

Thursday 9 AM-10 AM, 105-012 (Clock Tower, Room 012)

Thursday 10 AM-11 AM, 105-012 (Clock Tower, Room 012)

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course gives an overview of Asia from a New Zealand perspective with a special focus on East Asia.

Our objective is to convey knowledge of Asia and its relationship to New Zealand, particularly Asia’s growing presence in New Zealand in all its manifestations.

We address the question ‘what is the relationship between New Zealand and Asia?’

The course answers this question through a range of themes which show the various ways in which Asia and New Zealand have been and are linked, as well as examples which point to the limitations of having New Zealand considered as ‘an Asian country’.

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE?

The course is designed for those who are generally interested in Asia, and particularly in its relationship with New Zealand.

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the successful completion of this course, you should acquire a critical understanding of the evolving political, social, economic, cultural, and strategic relations between this country and Asia. You should also develop an understanding of the issues relating to New Zealand’s efforts to re-position itself in relation to Asia, as well as understand more about the diversity of the Asian region. You will also develop a degree of familiarity with some of the current debates on globalisation, and on national and regional identity.

Most importantly, you will develop some basic academic skills such as analysis of data, interpretation skills, and critical thinking.

 

TOPICS COVERED

• New Zealand and Asia: Then & Now
• Politics, Strategic, and Economic Issues
• Migration, Globalisation and Culture

 

There is no text book for this course.  All readings are listed available on Canvas.

 

COURSE CO-ORDINATOR

Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye, m.inouye@auckland.ac.nz

Rm 434, Arts 2 Building, 18 Symonds Street

Phone: 09 373 7599 ext 87531

Office Hours: Wednesday 11 AM-1 PM (usually in 434, Arts 2, but sometimes in public locations -- any deviations from 434, Arts 2 will be announced ahead of time)

 

Course Schedule

Biology Building 100, 12-2 PM

 

Module A:      New Zealand & Asia: Then & Now            Weeks 1-4

 

Week 1                      20 July

12-1 Course introduction (Melissa Inouye)

1-2 “Asia” in New Zealand perceptions (Hilary Chung–videorecording from 2017)

 

Week 2                     27 July

12-1 New Zealand’s historical engagement with Asia   (Paul Clark)

1-2 NZ and Asia: the changing world since the 1940s  (Paul Clark—½ an hour only – other ½ hour is Melissa’s mini-tutorial on research)

 

Week 3                     3 August

12-1 Korea & New Zealand: Then & Now (Changzoo Song)

1-2 New Zealand and China (Melissa Inouye)

 

***Bibliographic Essay Due via Canvas, Thursday 9 August, 11:59 PM***

 

Week 4                      10 August             

12-1 New Zealand and Japan (Ellen Nakamura)

1-2 Faith and Religion among Japanese and NZ Servicemen in WWII
(Gail Romano, Auckland Museum)

 

Module B:      Politics, Strategy and Business                Weeks 5-6

 

Week 5                      17 August  

12-1 New Zealand's contemporary links with Northeast Asia (Stephen Hoadley)

1-2 History of New Zealand's Exchange with Southeast Asia (Stephen Hoadley)

 

Week 6                      24 August

12-1 Understanding NZ business engagement with Asia (Benjamin Fath)

1-2 Understanding NZ business engagement with Asia (Benjamin Fath)

 

Mid-semester Break 27 August--8 September

 

Module C:      Migration, Globalisation, Culture              Weeks 7-12

 

Week 7:                    14 September

*** Mid-Semester Test (12-1 PM—in Biology 100) ***

1-2 Asian Religions in Auckland—Mark Mullins

 

Week 8                      21 September

12-1 Asian New Zealand literature (Hilary Chung)

1-2 Asian New Zealand literature (Hilary Chung)

 

Week 9                  28 September

12-1 Asian Ethnoscapes in Auckland (Ward Friesen)

1-2 Essay Workshop (Melissa Inouye)

 

Week 10                    5 October

12-1 Māori and Pacific Culture in Asia (Alec Redvers-Hill)

1-2 Globalisation of Japanese Popular Cultures (Rumi Sakamoto)

 

***Essay due via Canvas, Thursday 11 October, 11:59 PM***

 

Week 11                    12 October

• Screening Indians: Conversations with Filmmaker Shuchi Kothari (Shuchi Kothari)

1-2 Screening Indians: Conversations with Filmmaker Shuchi Kothari (Shuchi Kothari)

 

Week 12                    19 October

• Disaster and Rebuilding in New Zealand and Japan (Andrew Barrie)
• Course Review (Melissa Inouye)

 

*** Final Examination, date TBA ***